Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes
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Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes Lanwezoù |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Saint Malo | |
| Canton | Dol-de-Bretagne | |
| Community association | Pays de Saint-Malo | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 37 ′ N , 1 ° 51 ′ W | |
| height | 2-10 m | |
| surface | 2.92 km 2 | |
| Residents | 994 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 340 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35114 | |
| INSEE code | 35255 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-saint-benoit-des-ondes.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes |
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Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes ( Breton : Lanwezoù ) is a French municipality with 994 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes belongs to the Arrondissement of Saint-Malo and the canton of Dol-de-Bretagne (until 2015: canton of Cancale ). The inhabitants are called Bénedictins .
geography
Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes is located about 12 kilometers east-southeast of Saint-Malo and about 58 kilometers north-northwest of Rennes on the Atlantic coast and on the Gulf of Saint-Malo . The Biez Jean flows through the municipality . Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes in the north and north-west, Hirel in the east and south-east, La Fresnais in the south and south-east and La Gouesnière in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 627 | 556 | 547 | 612 | 775 | 799 | 1.103 | 1,054 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Benoît Church, first church building from the 12th century, today's building from the 16th century, bell tower from 1815
- Chapel of Sainte-Geneviève from the 16th century
- Remnants of the old mills
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 276-278.
